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Alquestan. — Lumholtz, Unknown Mex., ii, 16, 

 map, 123, 1902 (popular name, projieiiy pro- 

 nounced Asqueltan). Askeltan. — Hrdlieka in 

 Am. Anthrop., V, 387, 1903. Ki-dagh-ra.— Ibid., 

 420 (Tepecano name). San Lorenzo. — Ibid., 410 

 (early Spanish name). Totonaltam. — Lumholtz, 

 op. cit. (Tepecano name: .'same meaning). 



Azucsagna. A former Gabrieleiio ranch - 

 eria in Los Angeles co. , Cal., at the locahty 

 now called Azusa. — Hoffman in Bull. 

 Essex Inst., xvii, 2, 1885. 



Asucsagna. — Ried tls52) quoted by Taylor in Cal. 

 Farmer, June 8, 1860. Azucsagna. — Ried quoted 

 by Hoffman in Bull. Essex Inst., xvii, 2, 188.5. 



Baada. A former Makah village on 

 Neah bay, Wash. According to Swan it 

 was abandoned in 1863, its inhabitants 

 moving to Neah. 



Baada.— Swan in Smithson. Cont., xvi, 2, 1870. 

 Behda.— Gibbs, MS. no. 248, B. A. E. 



Babacomero. A former rancheria, prob- 

 ably of the Papago, on the w. branch of 

 Rio San Pedro, between Tombstone and 

 Camp Huachuca, s. Ariz. — Box, Adven- 

 tures, 322, 1869. 



Babasaqui. A ruined village, probably 

 of the Papago, 3 m. above Imuris, be- 

 tween Cocospera and Magdalena, Sonora, 

 Mexico. 



Babasaqui. — Kino (1706) quoted by Bancroft, No. 

 Mex. States, 1,501,1884. Babesagui.— Box, Adven- 

 tures, 278, 1869. 



Babbyduclone. See Nakaidoklini. 



Babesakundiba, Babesigaundibay. See 

 Curly Head. 



Babiacora. A pueblo of the Teguima 

 Opata and the seat of a Spanish mission 

 established in 1639; situated on the Rio 

 Sonora, Sonora, Mexico, 110 m. s. of the 

 Arizona boundary; pop. 445 in 1678, 294 

 in 1730. 



Babiacora, — Kino, map (1702), in Stocklein, Neue 

 Welt-Bott, 74, 1726. Babicori. — Orozco y Berra, 

 Geog., 343, 1864. Batacora. — Escudero, Noticias 

 Sonora y Sinaloa, 101, 1849 (probably the same). 

 Batacosa. — Cancio (1767) in Doc. Hist. Mex., 4th s.. 

 II, 224, 1856 (probably the same). Baviacora. — 

 Davila, Sonora Hist., 317,1894. Concepcion Babia- 

 cora. — Zapata (1678) quoted by Bancroft, No. Mex. 

 States, I, 246, 1884. Concepcion Babicora. — Rivera 

 (1730), ibid., 514. Purisima de Babicora. — Orozco y 

 Berra, Geog., 343, 1864. 



Babiche. A thong of skin, iiarticularly 

 of eel skin. The word is derived through 

 Canadian French, in which the term is 

 old, occurring in Hennepin (1688), from 

 one of the eastern dialects of Algonquian. 

 The original source is probably the old 

 Micmac abahich, 'cord,' 'thread' (Lescar- 

 bot, Hist. Nouv. France, 666, 1612). A 

 cognate word is the Chippewa assahabish, 

 'thread.' For the manufacture and use 

 of babiche, see RmcJude. (a. f. c. ) 



Babine ('big lips'). A branch of the 

 Takulli comprising, according to Morice 

 (Trans. Can. Inst., 27, 1893), the Natao- 

 tin, the Babine proper, and the Hwotso- 

 tenne tribes living about Babine lake, 

 British Columbia, with a total population 

 of 610 in 7 villages. The name was given 

 to them by J'rench Canadians from the 

 custom of wearing labrets, copied from 

 the Chimmesyan; and indeed their entire 



culture was greatly affected by that of the 

 coast tribes. ' 



Babisi. A former rancheria, probably 

 of the Soliaipuri, at the s. l)oundary of 

 Arizona, near Suamca, of which it was a 

 visita. 



Sta Cruz Babisi.— Bancroft, Ariz, and N. Mex., 371, 

 1889. 



Babispe (from babipa, 'the point where 

 the river takes a new course.' — Hardy). 

 An Opata pueblo and the seat of a Spanish 

 mission founded in 1645; situated on an 

 E. branch of Rio de Babispe, in n. e. 

 Sonora, Mexico, near the Chihuahua 

 boundary. Pop. 402 in 1678, 566 in 1730. 

 The town was destroyed by an earthquake 

 in May, 1887. (f. w. h. ) 

 Babispe. — Orozco y Berra, Geog., 343, 1864. Bapis- 

 pes,— Ribas (1645) quoted in Arch. Inst. Papers, 

 III, 58, 1890 (referring to the inhabitants). S. 

 Miguel Babispe.— Zapata (167s) quoted bv Ban- 

 croft, No. Mex. State-s, i, 216, l.ssl. S. Miguel de 

 Vavispe. — Rivera, Diario, leg. 1.444, 1736. 



Baborigame. A former Tepehuane pue- 

 blo, situated in a plain H m. in diameter, 

 in lat. 26° 40^ long. 107°, s. w. Chihuahua, 

 Mexico. The settlement is now Mexican- 

 ized, but it is surrounded by Tepehuane 

 rancherias. 



Baborigame. — Orozco y Berra, Geog., 324, 1864. 

 Baborigami. — Lumholtz in Scribner's Mag., xvi, 

 303, Sept., 1894. Vawulile.— Lumholtz, Unknown 

 Mex., 1,420, 1902 (' where there is a large tig tree' : 

 native name). 



Babuyagtii. A pueblo founded in 1670 

 by Father Alvaro Flores de la Sierra with 

 some converted Varohio of Yecarome; 

 situated on or near the headwaters of the 

 upper Rio Fuerte, in n. Sinaloa, Mexico. 

 It was given a resident priest in 1673, but 

 on the death of Sierra in that year it soon 

 became a mere visita of the mission of 

 Taro (Tara)/ whence many of the con- 

 verts removed 3 years later. — Bancroft, 

 No. ]\Iex. States, 247, 1886. 



Baca (abbr. of bacapa, 'reed grass.' — 

 Buelna). A Mayo settlement near the 

 E. bank of Rio del Fuerte, about lat. 26° 

 50', in the northernmost corner of Sina- 

 loa, Mexico. 



Baca.— Hardy (1829) quoted by Bancroft, Nat. 

 Races, I, 608, 1882. Bacabachi.— Hrdlieka in Am. 

 Anthrop., VI, 59, 1904 ( iirohably the same). Vaca,— 

 Orozco y Berra, iTeuK-. 332. 1864. 



Bacaburiachic. A Tarahumare settle- 

 ment of Chihuahua, Mexico; definite lo- 

 cality unknown. — Orozco y Berra, Geog., 

 323, ■l864. 



Bacadeguachi. A Coguinachi Opata 

 pueblo and the seat of a Spanish mission 

 founded in 1645; situated on the Rio de 

 Batepito, or Babispe, in e. Sonora, Mexico; 

 pop. 370 in 1678, 272 in 1730. In 1884, 

 when visited by Bandelier, it contained 

 about 500 Mexicans and Mexicanized In- 

 dians, but the town was much neglected 

 and dilapidated on account of Apache 

 depredations. 



Bacadeguachi. — Rivera, Diario, leg. 1.444, 1736. 

 Bacadeguatzi. — Ribas (1764) quoted by Bandelier 

 in Arch. Inst. Papers, iv, 508, 1892. Baca de 

 Huachi. — Hamilton, Mexican Handbook, 47, 1883. 



